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83-year-old Woman Dies When Her Dog Eats Her Boots and Socks on Mt. Kilimanjaro

According to her obituary, published in Saturday’s Connecticut Post,
Norma Brewer’s dog contributed to her death — chewing off her boots and
socks, leading her to succumb from hypothermia.

According to the obituary, this occurred while Brewer, who was 83 and
in a wheelchair, was attempting to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s
highest peak.

“There is suspicion that Mrs. Brewer died from hypothermia, after Mia
ate Mrs. Brewer’s warm winter boots and socks,” read the death notice,
which had been submitted to the newspaper by a funeral home.

Brewer, the death notice read, never realized her life goal of reaching the summit of the 19,341-foot mountain.

But, it said, she had made it to the base camp, where she died in the company of her daughter, her cats and dog “Mia.”

If all this is sounding a little too unbelievable to be true, that may be because it isn’t — not entirely.
While Norma did die, the obituary was a joke — one final prank (or was it?) from a woman known in life as quite a prankster.

She wrote it before she died, and left instructions for her children
to get it published in the local newspaper — the same local newspaper
where her father was once president and publisher.

Good one, Norma.

“It was just typical mom,” Donna Brewer, Norma’s daughter, said
Saturday. “She always had stories, many of which were not true, but
thought were funny.”

Norma, as her obituary accurately noted, was the daughter of W.
Raymond Flicker, former president and publisher of the Bridgeport Post,
Telegram and Sunday Post (now known as the Connecticut Post). Donna
Brewer said her mother often recalled watching newspapers come off the
printing press in Bridgeport with her father.

Norma’s son, Raymond Brewer, said his mother’s prank “had more to do
with the way she viewed the world. While life is serious, it shouldn’t
be taken all that serious.”

He said her children went along with her last wish. ”It was her way of having one last joke with the world,” he said.

Resource ohmidog.com

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A successful investor and businessman, Irion is the founder of U. S. Park Investments, a company that owns and brokers manufactured home and RV communities. In addition, Charles released Roadkill Cooking for Campers - The Best Dang Wild Game Cookbook in the World.